Clamp for tightening elastic tube ends.



H. SCHUBART.

CLAMP Fun TIGHTBNING ELASTIG TUBE'BNDS.-

APPLIUATIDN FILED MAY 15, 1007.

Patented 001;. 17, 1911.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HEINRICH SCHUBART, F CSSEL, GERMANY.

CLAMP FOR TIGHTENING ELASTIC TUBE ENDS.

To all who/fili! muy concern.'

[le it lipoii'ii Ihiitj l, lli-:ixiiiiii Hiiiviiiii'i, ii iitize'ii 'of Ilie llmpire of (lvrniani'. rvHiil ing :it Cassel, in Iliv Empire ot' (erniani', have ini'viited a new and nsefill (`lamp for 'lightening |1la.-itii.'l`nhv Enda, ot' whivh thv following in ii lwpvvilivalioii.

l"or high prehsiirvs the ends ot' riiliher hose Specification of Letters Patent.

Application tiled May l5. 1907.

Patented Oct, '17, 1911. Serial No. 378,866.

' is emploi'eil. 'lliv lnilves`i, 3 are widened 'and are provided with opposite eccentric l hvIwevn Iliv {lungi-s il". t5 and may he each or other vliistii' tnlivn' are ordinaril"\Y tighl- 4 I0 envd on thv Inliiilail voiinevtionsofeoiililiiigs. valves, or Ilie like` not hy means of wire wound aroiind tliviii, lnit lili' means ot"'lainp.-- vavh voiisisting of two langed hali'vh4 wliivli are roniivvt'vd together h'i' Iwo l'iistviiiiig 1 5 .wi-reim.4 Siivh :i chimp, howvwr` prvnenv Ilie defert, Ilnit it does not eompletelil tighten the Iilhc viiil, owing Io the spai'v lvl't livliievii thv flanges wliensi'reii'eil Iogvtlier.

Mii' invention rvlate l to improvements in Snell clumps, wlivreliy a complete IightnvsI 'of Ilio joint. vi# olilaiiieil. 'l`hv flanged |i:il\'e of the vlalnp arc provided with oplmsilv evveiitrir vavilivs and Iwo elasIiv segmental wvdves are iioi'iiled` whirli vnoaue iii thvl i voniievtion is rendered perfectly tight.

evreiilric eiiiilies and hridgv oivi' thv spiiijim1 so that Iliv fastening' 4wrvws are viialilvd` press Iliv flanged hali'vn and tlivrvlirl l i* segmental edges on Iliv pvriphvii' o the Inliv. vnd. l

l will now irovevd to ilvserihe my nii'viitioi'i with i'vlvrviire Io the dra wing, iii whieli Y Figure l is a vvrlieiil longitudinal avrtion through an eliisliv Inhal-nd andthe. Iiihiilai viiiinvrlion, Fig. 2 is :i i'vitivii'l cross section through the I#nine on the lino i/v iii ["ig. I

aveoinpairi'ing provided with tiro lugs the length ot' ii'hivh in vqnal to the distiiiive. between the thingie.l t". it". 'lhvse logs 5*, 5 sei-ve for poaitioning' thv ii'ediifv.L 5, ."i and are prefer a|il made thin as shown in lfig. L

From an examination of Figs. 2 iiiid 3 it will liv vlviir` that the segmental wedges .3 will he pressed against the. elastic tube l on the vlam i living tightened, so thiit the Iiiliv vnd l will hv iiielosvil with :i nearly iiniI'oi-ni prvssiirv on itl viiIii'e periphery, :ind its viri-iilar lshape. will he. preserved in thil rlanip 'lhv vaiitivl 'I, -i in the halves :L .'I prevent Ihdvedgvs shifting. so I l at Iliii'vliy Iliel cori-ectl'el'iitive punition ol' thi haii-vs is insured. The joint Iii-tween Iliv childie Iiihv `l und the tubular Al vlaim:

In a vlamp Ior tightening elastic tube, ends on tiilinlar roiinevtions, theY combination with Iwo flanged ring-halves adapted to compress the liihe vnd whiley lviii'iiig spaces between their flanges iind havingI on their inside oppmitv vi-vvntriv revvxwvs which ndjoin the Ilangw and d vvreiine iii depth iiwardl'i' init-il i they merge into the inside, of two segmental through Ilie .kainv on Ihe. line -iv.r iii Fig. l, Fig. 1 is ii horizontal ventral section 40 through Ihe. iliiinp proper, Fig. 5 is n view- :similar to Fig. 4, only Ilnit, the aegmentiil ivviflge.l `are oiiiitvted, iiiid IIig. Ii istil pvrspec .tivo view oifoiio segmental wedge. t

Similar characters of reference refer' to l5 similar parta throughout tlicnevorat views. i l denotes ii l'iihher hose or other elastic tiihe which is to coiidnetsome. liquid or gais luider high ireswairi. For4 tightening the cnil shown o the Iiihv t on the tubular connection 2 of Home. coupling or the like,v ii oluiiip consisting of two flanged halves 3, t

wedgehadapted to lit into siiid eccentric revesses and to bridge. over the spaces, and proi'ided with .higs which are adapted toen- 'gago iii the, spaces und to lieiir against. the

liiiigvs, where y said wedgeiii-c posit io'ned, and tivo fastening screws ii'diiptvd to c011- nvi-I- together siiid [hinged ring-halves and to resa them and thereby said segiiientiil wei ges on the periphery of thv elastic tube tllIl. u

In testimony whereof I liai'ilivrvniito set `my hand in the presence ol Iwo siibacribiiig wit iicssvs. IIE INRICH HI l I IiIART. lVitiiesses:

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